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Nosin, Jerome Alan – 1978
Expansion and modification of a 27-item Delphi derived form for assessing campus police performance resulted in a 43-item form to measure job performance of correctional officers in the Georgia Department of Corrections. The self-rating scale, with a reliability coefficient of .995 (n=120) was subjected to factor analysis and varimax rotation and…
Descriptors: Administrators, Correctional Institutions, Job Performance, Job Skills
Download full textCaddick, James W. – 1979
This manual for supervisors of rehabilitation workshops or plants focuses on knowledge, techniques, and application of work simplification and production standards. Four chapters providing introductory material discuss common goals of rehabilitation and production and human factors. The first of seven chapters (chapter 5) on work simplification…
Descriptors: Adults, Disabilities, Efficiency, Flow Charts
GRIFFITHS, DANIEL E. – 1962
THE RESULTS OF A CONFERENCE BASED UPON THE "DEVELOPMENT OF CRITERIA OF SUCCESS IN SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION" PROJECT (COOPERATIVE RESEARCH PROJECT, NO. 214) ARE REPORTED. THE ADMINISTRATIVE PERFORMANCE OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPALS WAS THE MAIN AREA OF CONCERN. THE ACTIVITIES REPORTED INVOLVED STUDY OF THE REPORT AND OBSERVATIONS IN A…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Responsibility, Conferences, Elementary Education
Diamond, C. T. Patrick – 1980
Based on the premise that teachers usually blame the education system and the administration for discrepancies between how and what they want to teach, and how and what they actually do teach, a study was conducted to determine if teachers really are constrained by their administrators. Ninety-three teachers of tenth-year English from 22…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Administrators, Educational Administration, English Instruction
Dossett, Dennis L.; And Others – 1978
Goal-setting has been accepted as an effective motivational tool. Whether goals should be participatively set or assigned was examined by holding goal difficulty constant in an investigation based on previous results which suggested that participants in goal-setting set more difficult goals than those for whom goals are assigned. Results suggest…
Descriptors: Clerical Workers, Difficulty Level, Employer Employee Relationship, Job Performance
Rice, Linda Maxwell; And Others – 1980
These performance tests for the area of cosmetology consist of a sampling technique (domain referenced tests) which covers all the possible performance situations. When used in total, they may also serve as a comprehensive test. Introductory materials discuss domain referenced testing, determining the domains, and developing performance testing…
Descriptors: Cosmetology, Job Performance, Job Skills, Performance Tests
Foley, John P., Jr. – 1973
An overview of the Air Force's Research and Development Program for the Improvement of Maintenance Efficiency is provided. First described are the steps found in any detailed task analysis, a process which results in the complete specification of each task involved in an overall maintenance effort. The factors influencing maintenance effectiveness…
Descriptors: Job Performance, Job Skills, Maintenance, Measurement Instruments
Peer reviewedBorman, Walter C. – Journal of Applied Psychology, 1978
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Job Performance
Peer reviewedPaprock, Kenneth E. – Adult Education Quarterly, 1988
The study evaluated the relationship between faculty performance in an adult degree program and the results of a preemployment assessment center process. No correlation was found between individual assessment activities and performance. However, there was a strong positive correlation between average assessment scores and average evaluation scores…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Assessment Centers (Personnel), Degrees (Academic)
Jacobs, Ronald L. – Performance Improvement Quarterly, 1988
The author proposes a domain and definition for the human performance technology field. The proposed domain consists of three components: management functions, performance systems development functions, and components of human performance systems. He also discusses systems theory and professional practice and outlines implications for research,…
Descriptors: Human Factors Engineering, Job Performance, Labor Force Development, Management Systems
Peer reviewedBridges, Judith S. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 1988
Investigated the effects of occupational sex-dominance on sex differences in occupational performance expectations. College students indicated their self-expectations and comparison person expectations (those of a "typical" male or female) regarding job performance for six occupations. Women reported lower expectations for themselves except for…
Descriptors: College Students, Competence, Evaluation Criteria, Expectation
Peer reviewedGreenhaus, Jeffrey H.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1987
Examined interaction between job performance and specific work experiences on three indicators of personal and family well-being among 336 accountants. Perceptions of nonsupportive and inequitable work environment, role conflict, and extensive time commitment to work were each related to one or more indicators of well-being. (Author)
Descriptors: Accountants, Employee Attitudes, Family Life, Job Performance
Peer reviewedBielby, William T. – Journal of Social Issues, 1987
Pettigrew and Martin overstate the causal priority of structure over social psychology in maintaining barriers to equal employment and downplay the importance of the research they review. Braddock and McPartland present a plausible case for the existence of institutional barriers to equal employment, but their research is not conclusive. (PS)
Descriptors: Black Employment, Employment Practices, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Job Development
Peer reviewedKulik, Carol T.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1987
Conceptualizes job characteristics theory as a model of person-environment fit. Explores the potential costs and benefits of person-job congruence, using recent developments in the person-environment fit literature to suggest ways in which characteristics of jobs and characteristics of individuals may influence one another. Discusses implications…
Descriptors: Congruence (Psychology), Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Experience, Job Development
Peer reviewedInfante, Dominic A.; Gorden, William I. – Central States Speech Journal, 1987
Studies the communicator styles of superiors and subordinates who rank high in argumentativeness and low in verbal aggressiveness. Claims that corporate productivity is enhanced when organizations nurture employee independent-mindedness, and that an argumentative, low verbally aggressive organizational communication climate creates the freedom…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Communication Skills, Interpersonal Communication, Job Performance
